tmidgett wrote:Togo

Because the Kiwi's have 0 medals too when ever Togo is mentioned I am forced to say "The guy is French! Ok. Born there, trains there. Ok. French". Ok.

When (if) we get a medal he can be from Togo again.



Where's the :sour grapes: Emoticon?

Actress wrote:The only thing I care for in the Winters is Hockey...and I actually think we`ll have stiffer competition then, as most of the new and bona-fide superstar rookies (in 2 years they will be our Olympic superstars)
...are American or russian...

The Canadian men have gotten gold only once since the '50s anyway, and didn't even medal in '06. The Canadian women's team, unequivocally the best female hockey players in the world, are a different story.

Actress wrote:The only thing I care for in the Winters is Hockey...and I actually think we`ll have stiffer competition then, as most of the new and bona-fide superstar rookies (in 2 years they will be our Olympic superstars)
...are American or russian...

So that sense of pride in not trying does a 180 when it's a sport you have a shot at winning?

johnnyshape wrote:Erm.... have you guys heard of the Winter Olympics?

Actually....

Canada -

Summer Olympics: 242 medals
Winter Olympics: 119 medals.

alandeus wrote:

johnnyshape wrote:Erm.... have you guys heard of the Winter Olympics?

Actually....

Canada -

Summer Olympics: 242 medals
Winter Olympics: 119 medals.

There are fewer Winter sports than Summer sports, and there have been fewer Winter Olympics. Canada ranks 17th in total Summer medals, and 7th in total Winter medals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_O ... edal_count

I always keep tabs on India's performance, which is both easy and surprising. With more than a billion people, you'd think that we (?) would field a better squad. As it is, only Abhinav Bindhra's gold in 10m Air Rifle Shooting is keeping us out of Canada territory.